Tangerang, Banten (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Population and Family Development is planning to propose a larger budget allocation for the procurement of contraceptives for 2026.
This is aimed at maintaining balanced population growth as part of the revitalization of family planning services, the ministry’s secretary, Budi Setiyono, said in Tangerang, Banten, on Monday.“That’s why we will propose to the President ... hopefully, it can at least get the same budget as last year’s budget,” he added.
He said that on account of the government’s budget efficiency policy, the budget for the procurement of contraceptives in 2025 was Rp200 billion (approximately US$12.3 million).
In comparison, it stood at Rp850 billion (approximately US$52.3 million) the previous year. Setiyono said that given the threat of an imbalance in the population structure, his ministry needs to find prompt and alternative solutions to control the population, which is currently continuing to increase.
One of them, he informed, is coordinating with all representative offices in provinces to calculate the real needs for contraceptives based on the existing population.
“The population could surge again, and it will certainly affect many sectors in the provision of public facilities,” he said.
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In addition, he informed that the Ministry of Population and Family Development is making efforts to encourage families to buy contraceptives independently to help control the population in the country.
“Contraceptives do not have to be provided by the government; they can also get them independently based on their needs in family planning,” he said.
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He explained that the provision of contraceptives should ideally meet 100 percent of the needs of the reproductive age population. Thus, if there are 40 million people, the provision of contraceptives must align with that number.
“It could reach around Rp1 trillion, but hopefully, we can at least get the same amount (allocated) as last year, given the limited budget capacity,” he said.
